Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
Local News.

Miss Lucy Yates has gone to Rock
ford to spend the summer with rela-
tiyes.
| The Weidenfeilers have done a neat
job of painting and decorating at the
Z. S. Hotel.
Peter Fisher, of the town of Kendall,
will hold an auction sale on Tuesday,
May 81, 1887.
The Mineral Point Band will give an
open air concert on the evening of
Decoration Day
Mrs. John II. Carpenter, of Modesto,
California, is in this city, visiting her
| sister, Mrs. H. Oates.
Samuel Davey, Jr., of Dodgeville,
was in town on Wednesday, and made
| The Democrat call
The Legate drum corps, of Mineral
Point, has been engaged to play at the
soldiers reunion at Shullsburg next
week
J. J. Ross & Sons sold this week to
w. II. Jacka, the butcher, fine fat
heifer which weighed twelve hundred
pounds.
Miss Bessie Cory from England, ar
rived in this city on Monday evening,
after having made the ocean voyage
in eight days.
A number of ladies, members of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
from Dodgeville paid a visit to men,
bers of the Union at this place on We'd
nesday.
J. w. Murphy, district attorney, has
warned saloon-keepers that he will
take steps to enforce the Sunday law
throughout Grant county.
Henry Ivey's building on the corner
of High and Commerce streets has
been considerably improved. a new
wooden ceiling and a new porch has
been added.
Mrs. A. B. Ferris, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in this
city and vicinity for some time past,
started on Wednesday morning for
her home in Red Cloud, Nebraska.
The programme of the races at the
Shullsburg Driving Park on Saturday
and Monday July I'd and 4th has been
issued. The purses are quite liberal
| and will doubtless draw some good
horses.
Two mines of this city, one from the
first ward and one from the second,
played match game of base ball at
the Fair grounds last Friday afternoon.
The second warders won easily by a
score of forty five to twenty three.
VIM. Mauger has made some fine
Improvements in his jewelry store.
The room has been nicely painted and
decorated, which together with a fine
large stock of goods attractively dis
played adds greatly to the appearance
of the place.
c. w. McIlhon, DIR. Tallman, J. NJ.
Toay, J. NJ. Hales, J. NJ. Mulhairn,
Paul Noble and Alonzo Smith from
this city, and NJ. J. Briggs and j. NJ
Sands from Dodgeville, took pleasant
and successful trout fishing excursion
last week.
Lawrence Spratler is up from Pitts
burg, Kansas, on a visit to his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. J. a. Spratler. Lawrence
has succeeded well in Kansas, which
he thinks is the finest state in the
union. He says that the whole south
western country is booming.
Misses Lizzie Wallace and Hannah
Whalen, of Highland, were in town
this week, selling chances on articles
to be ratified at a fair to be held in
| Highland in about two weeks. The
fair which will continue for three days,
| will be for the benefit of st. Philips
| Catholic church at that place
Mineral Point should have '.rous-
ing celebration" of the coming Fourth
of July. Il believe" saws Mayor
Abram ). Hewitt, of New York, "in
celebrating the day in the old Daniel
Webster way and of stirring up an in
terest in our greatest of great holidays"
Let the people of Mineral Point Gel
brate the Fourth of July 1887 in the
good old Daniel Webster way.
In another column will be found a
portion of the list of premiums to be
awarded at the comming fair of the
Southwestern Wisconsin Industrial
Association to be held in Mineral Point
on September 6, Z, s, and 9. The pre-
miums are more liberal than ever be-
fore offered by the association. a great
deal of interest in the fair of 1887 has
already been manifested, and there is
every reason to believe that it will be
very successful.
The citizens of Shullsburg extend all
soldiers and sailors of the late war a
cordial invitation to attend the eighth
annual reunion of the Southwestern
Veteran Association, to be held at that
place on Wednesday and Thursday
next. 4 fine programme has been ar
ranged. Gov. RuSk, Commander Crit
fin and Phil. Cheek, Jr.. will deliver
addresses. Mineral Point and vicinity
will send large delegation of veter.
ans and others.
There will be musical and literar,
entertainment and ice-cream sociabls
at the residence of Mr. c. r. Moffett